# List of environmentalists

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[[File:David Attenborough (cropped).jpg|thumb| Sir [David Attenborough](/source/David_Attenborough) in May 2003]]
[[File:Ac.garrett1.jpg|thumb|[Peter Garrett](/source/Peter_Garrett) campaigning for the [2004 Australian federal election](/source/2004_Australian_federal_election)]]
[[File:Al Gore.jpg|thumb|[Al Gore](/source/Al_Gore), 2007]]
[[File:Hunter Lovins.jpg|thumb|[Hunter Lovins](/source/Hunter_Lovins), 2007]]
[[File:Artist, naturalist, Sergio Rossetti Morosini, Pico Bone, Brigadeiro Mountain, Minas Gerais, Brazil, 2017.jpg|thumb|[Sergio Rossetti Morosini](/source/Sergio_Rossetti_Morosini), 2017]]
[[File:Phil Radford.jpg|thumb|[Phil Radford](/source/Phil_Radford), 2011]]
[[File:19-10-2011 - Hakob Sanasaryan.jpg|thumb|[Hakob Sanasaryan](/source/Hakob_Sanasaryan) campaignning against illegal construction of a new ore-processing facility in [Sotk](/source/Sotk), 2011]]
[[File:Greta Thunberg sp119.jpg|thumb|[Greta Thunberg](/source/Greta_Thunberg), 2018]]
[[File:Uncle Kevin Buzzacott in Adelaide 2014.JPG|thumb|right|Kevin Buzzacott (Aboriginal activist) in [Adelaide](/source/Adelaide) 2014]]
Some of the notable environmentalists who have been [lobbying](/source/lobbying) for [environmental protection](/source/environmental_protection) and conservation include:

== A ==
* [Mariano Abarca](/source/Mariano_Abarca) (Mexican activist, assassinated in 2009)
* [Edward Abbey](/source/Edward_Abbey) (writer, activist, philosopher)
* [Ansel Adams](/source/Ansel_Adams) (photographer, writer, activist)
* [Bayarjargal Agvaantseren](/source/Bayarjargal_Agvaantseren) (Mongolian conservationist)
* [Qazi Kholiquzzaman Ahmad](/source/Qazi_Kholiquzzaman_Ahmad) (environmental activist and economist of Bangladesh)
* [David Attenborough](/source/David_Attenborough) (broadcaster, naturalist)
* [John James Audubon](/source/John_James_Audubon) (naturalist)

== B ==
* [Sundarlal Bahuguna](/source/Sundarlal_Bahuguna) (environmentalist)
* [Yusuf Baluch](/source/Yusuf_Baluch) ([Climate Justice](/source/Climate_justice) Activist)
* [Judi Bari](/source/Judi_Bari) (environmental activist)
* [Vic Barrett](/source/Vic_Barrett) (climate activist)
* [Patriarch Bartholomew I](/source/Patriarch_Bartholomew_I) (priest)
* [Peter Michael Bauer](/source/Peter_Michael_Bauer) (environmentalist , educator)
* [Ed Begley, Jr.](/source/Ed_Begley%2C_Jr.) (Actor, environmentalist)
* [David Bellamy](/source/David_Bellamy) (botanist)
* [Thomas Berry](/source/Thomas_Berry) (priest, historian, philosopher)
* [Wendell Berry](/source/Wendell_Berry) (farmer, philosopher)
* [Chandi Prasad Bhatt](/source/Chandi_Prasad_Bhatt) (Gandhian environmentalist)
* [Murray Bookchin](/source/Murray_Bookchin) (anarchist, philosopher, social ecologist)
* [Wendy Bowman](/source/Wendy_Bowman_(activist)), Australian environmental activist
* [Stewart Brand](/source/Stewart_Brand) (writer, founder of [Whole Earth Catalog](/source/Whole_Earth_Catalog))
* [David Brower](/source/David_Brower) (writer, activist)
* [Lester Brown](/source/Lester_Brown) (environmentalist)
* [Jackson Browne](/source/Jackson_Browne) (musician, environmentalist)
* [Molly Burhans](/source/Molly_Burhans) (cartographer, activist)
* [Kevin Buzzacott](/source/Kevin_Buzzacott) (Aboriginal activist)

== C ==
* [Helen Caldicott](/source/Helen_Caldicott) (medical doctor)
* [Joan Carling](/source/Joan_Carling) (Filipino human rights defender) 
* [Rachel Carson](/source/Rachel_Carson) (biologist, writer)
* [Charles III](/source/Charles_III) (King of the [Commonwealth Realms](/source/Commonwealth_realm))
* [Chevy Chase](/source/Chevy_Chase) (comedian)
* [Ng Cho-nam](/source/Ng_Cho-nam) (Hong Kong environmentalist and Associate Professor of Geography at [University of Hong Kong](/source/University_of_Hong_Kong)))
* [Bruce Cockburn](/source/Bruce_Cockburn) (musician, activist)
* [Barry Commoner](/source/Barry_Commoner) (biologist, politician)
* [Mike Cooley](/source/Mike_Cooley_(engineer)) (engineer, trade unionist)
* [Jacques-Yves Cousteau](/source/Jacques-Yves_Cousteau) (explorer, ecologist)
* [Jean-Michel Cousteau](/source/Jean-Michel_Cousteau) (French oceanographic explorer, environmentalist, educator, film producer)

== D ==
* [Faiza Darkhani](/source/Faiza_Darkhani) (c. 1992), Afghani environmentalist, [women's rights activist](/source/Women's_rights), and educator
* [John Denver](/source/John_Denver) (musician)
* [Usha Desai](/source/Usha_Desai)  (Indian physician and environmentalist)
* [Leonardo DiCaprio](/source/Leonardo_DiCaprio) (actor)
* [Michelle Dilhara](/source/Michelle_Dilhara) (actress)
* [René Dubos](/source/Ren%C3%A9_Dubos) (microbiologist)

== E ==
* [Paul R. Ehrlich](/source/Paul_R._Ehrlich) (population biologist)

== F == 
* [Hans-Josef Fell](/source/Hans-Josef_Fell) (German [Green Party](/source/Alliance_'90%2FThe_Greens) member)
* [Jane Fonda](/source/Jane_Fonda) (actor)
* [Morgan Freeman](/source/Morgan_Freeman) (actor, producer, and narrator)

== G ==
* [Rolf Gardiner](/source/Rolf_Gardiner) (rural revivalist)
* [Peter Garrett](/source/Peter_Garrett) (musician, politician)
* [Al Gore](/source/Al_Gore) (politician, former [Vice President of the United States](/source/Vice_President_of_the_United_States))

== H ==
* [Tom Hanks](/source/Tom_Hanks) (actor)
* [James Hansen](/source/James_Hansen) (scientist)
* [Denis Hayes](/source/Denis_Hayes) (environmentalist and [solar power](/source/solar_power) advocate)
* [Nicolas Hulot](/source/Nicolas_Hulot) (journalist and writer)
* [Robert Hunter](/source/Robert_Hunter_(journalist)) (journalist, co-founder and first president of [Greenpeace](/source/Greenpeace))

== I ==
* [Tetsunari Iida](/source/Tetsunari_Iida) ([sustainable energy](/source/sustainable_energy) advocate)

== J ==
* [Lilia Isolina Java Tapayuri](/source/Lilia_Isolina_Java_Tapayuri) (Colombian indigenous leader) 
* [Jorian Jenks](/source/Jorian_Jenks) (English farmer)
* [Kathy Jetn̄il-Kijiner](/source/Kathy_Jetn%CC%84il-Kijiner) (poet and climate activist)
* [Huey D. Johnson](/source/Huey_Johnson) (environmentalist)

== K ==
* [Naomi Klein](/source/Naomi_Klein) (writer, activist)

== L ==
* [Winona LaDuke](/source/Winona_LaDuke) (environmentalist)
* [Ursula LeGuin](/source/Ursula_LeGuin) (writer, environmentalist)
* [A. Carl Leopold](/source/A._Carl_Leopold) (plant physiologist)
* [Aldo Leopold](/source/Aldo_Leopold) (ecologist)
* [Charles Lindbergh](/source/Charles_Lindbergh) (aviator)
* [James Lovelock](/source/James_Lovelock) (scientist)
* [Amory Lovins](/source/Amory_Lovins) (energy policy analyst)
* [Hunter Lovins](/source/Hunter_Lovins) (environmentalist)
* [Mark Lynas](/source/Mark_Lynas) (journalist, activist)

== M ==
* [Desmond Majekodunmi](/source/Desmond_Majekodunmi) (environmentalist)
* [Xiuhtezcatl Martinez](/source/Xiuhtezcatl_Martinez) (activist)
* [Peter Max](/source/Peter_Max) (graphic designer)
* [Michael McCarthy](/source/Michael_McCarthy_(journalist)) (naturalist, newspaper journalist, newspaper columnist, and author)
* [Bill McKibben](/source/Bill_McKibben) (writer, activist)
* [David McTaggart](/source/David_McTaggart) (activist)
* [Mahesh Chandra Mehta](/source/Mahesh_Chandra_Mehta) (lawyer, environmentalist)
* [Chico Mendes](/source/Chico_Mendes) (activist)
* [Nathan Méténier](/source/Nathan_Metenier) (French environmentalist)
* [George Monbiot](/source/George_Monbiot) (journalist)
* [Sergio Rossetti Morosini](/source/Sergio_Rossetti_Morosini) (naturalist, activist)
* [Nyombi Morris](/source/Nyombi_Morris) (Ugandan youth environmental activist, [CNN](/source/CNN) Environmentalist of tomorrow)
* [John Muir](/source/John_Muir) (naturalist, activist)
* [Luke Mullen](/source/Luke_Mullen) (actor, filmmaker, environmentalist/activist)
* [Hilda Murrell](/source/Hilda_Murrell) (botanist, activist)

== N ==
* [Ralph Nader](/source/Ralph_Nader) (activist)
* [Vanessa Nakate](/source/Vanessa_Nakate) (Ugandan youth [climate justice](/source/climate_justice) activist, UN SDG 13 Young Leader)
* [Seyyed Hossein Nasr](/source/Seyyed_Hossein_Nasr) (writer, philosopher)
* [Gaylord Nelson](/source/Gaylord_Nelson) (politician)
* [Aniebiet Inyang Ntui](/source/Aniebiet_Inyang_Ntui) (Nigerian professor and environmental advocate)

== O ==
* [Okefenokee Joe](/source/Okefenokee_Joe) (singer, songwriter, TV host, environmentalist)
* [Yolanda Ortiz](/source/Yolanda_Ortiz_(chemist)), Argentine environmentalist, chemist

== P ==
* [Eugene Pandala](/source/Eugene_Pandala) (architect, environmentalist, natural and cultural heritage conservator)
* [Medha Patkar](/source/Medha_Patkar) (activist)
* [Alan Pears](/source/Alan_Pears) (environmental consultant and [energy efficiency pioneer](/source/Efficient_energy_use))
* [River Phoenix](/source/River_Phoenix) (actor, musician, activist)
* [Jonathon Porritt](/source/Jonathon_Porritt) (politician)

== Q ==
* [Tahir Qureshi](/source/Tahir_Qureshi) Mangrove Man or Mangroves Hero of [Pakistan](/source/Pakistan). Pakistani environmentalist.

== R ==
* [Phil Radford](/source/Phil_Radford) (environmental, clean energy and democracy advocate, [Greenpeace](/source/Greenpeace) Executive Director)
* [Bonnie Raitt](/source/Bonnie_Raitt) (musician)
* [Clovis Razafimalala](/source/Clovis_Razafimalala) (Malagasy environmentalist)
* [Theodore Roosevelt](/source/Theodore_Roosevelt) (former [President of the United States](/source/President_of_the_United_States))<ref>{{cite book | url=https://archive.org/details/wildernesswarrio00brin_0 | url-access=registration | title=The Wilderness Warrior: Theodore Roosevelt and the Crusade for America | publisher=Harper Collins | author=Brinkley, Douglas | isbn=9780060565282| date=2009}}</ref>

== S ==
* [Hakob Sanasaryan](/source/Hakob_Sanasaryan) (biochemist, activist)
* [Ken Saro-Wiwa](/source/Ken_Saro-Wiwa) (writer, television producer, activist)
* [Johanna Segovia](/source/Johanna_Segovia) (marine ecologist)
* [Shimon Schwarzschild](/source/Shimon_Schwarzschild) (writer, activist)
* [Vandana Shiva](/source/Vandana_Shiva) (environmental activist)
* [Wallace Stegner](/source/Wallace_Stegner) (writer, environmentalist)
* [Swami Sundaranand](/source/Swami_Sundaranand) (yogi, photographer, author and mountaineer)
* [David Suzuki](/source/David_Suzuki) (scientist, broadcaster)
* [Candice Swanepoel](/source/Candice_Swanepoel) (model)

== T ==
* [Shōzō Tanaka](/source/Sh%C5%8Dz%C5%8D_Tanaka) (politician and activist)
* [Saalumarada Thimmakka](/source/Saalumarada_Thimmakka)
* [Henry David Thoreau](/source/Henry_David_Thoreau) (writer, philosopher)
* [Greta Thunberg](/source/Greta_Thunberg) (activist)<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Jung|first1=Jieun|last2=Petkanic|first2=Peter|last3=Nan|first3=Dongyan|last4=Kim|first4=Jang Hyun|date=2020-03-30|title=When a Girl Awakened the World: A User and Social Message Analysis of Greta Thunberg|journal=Sustainability|language=en|volume=12|issue=7|pages=2707|doi=10.3390/su12072707|issn=2071-1050|doi-access=free|bibcode=2020Sust...12.2707J }}</ref>
* [Rebecca Harrell Tickell](/source/Rebecca_Harrell_Tickell) (filmmaker, actress, activist)

== V ==
* [Jo Valentine](/source/Jo_Vallentine) (politician and activist)

== W ==
* [Harvey Wasserman](/source/Harvey_Wasserman) (journalist, activist)
* [Paul Watson](/source/Paul_Watson) (activist and lecturer)
* [Franz Weber](/source/Franz_Weber_(activist)) (environmentalist and animal welfare activist)
* [Henry Williamson](/source/Henry_Williamson) (naturalist, writer)
* [Wangari Maathai](/source/Wangari_Maathai) (Kenyan environmentalist, [Nobel Laureate](/source/List_of_Nobel_laureates))

== References ==
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